You walk into a family holiday gathering with your child in tow. Aunt Kathy bends down and stretches out her arms to your little one: “Come over here and give me a big hug!” Your kid gets quiet, ...

In my culture, children are expected to greet everyone at a family gathering with a hug and a kiss, but my daughter hated it.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- For some families, hugging and kissing relatives at family gatherings is all about respect. But for some kids, the idea of forced affection can be overwhelming. It's a topic ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “Have you ever insisted, ‘Uncle just got here – go give him a big hug!’ or ‘Auntie gave you that nice toy, go give her a kiss’ when you were worried your ...

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At family gatherings and other events, I find that kids are often not super-pumped to hug a bunch of near-strangers. I am big into teaching kids about basic consent and bodily autonomy. But I also don ...

A gentle holiday reminder about kids and forced hugs: Don’t. Girl Scouts of the United States of America offers the following evergreen advice, which it just released to help families prepare for a ...

A campaign that encourages children to make their own decisions about whether they hug or kiss others has sparked a debate online. New Zealand-based agency, CAPS Hauraki, which prevents child abuse by ...

You probably remember WowWee Fingerlings, the finger-hugging toys that became a massive craze around the holidays last year — and were pretty much impossible to find past December. Well, this year, ...

Developmental pediatricians are telling parents to reconsider the age-old practice of forcing children to hug or kiss members of the extended family when gathering at the holidays. They say doing so ...